Suspect Tied To Meth In St. Marie

A traffic stop in Roosevelt County turned up a suspect that the Valley County Sheriff's Office had been searching for in connection to a drug arrest in August. Humberto Medina-Villarreal, 28, had a warrant in Valley County.

He was charged with two counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, one a felony for meth, the other a misdemeanor for marijuana, with the intent to sell. The warrant was issued over six months ago tying him to the arrest of Antonio Hernandez, 31. Both are believed to be key persons in drug trafficking through Eastern Montana and in the Bakken region. They had a rental in Saint Marie that they would use to prepare product for distribution.

Meier said that Villarreal is being held on a $200,000 bond and they were surprised he turned back up in the area. The first arrest was a collaborative effort made by the Sheriff's Office, the Tri-Agency Drug Task Force, Fort Peck Tribes and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.